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for probation to close, and as every prediction failed, the young man
saw he had been deceived, and he confessed his sin and is now an
honorable member of the Battle Creek church.
Only two years since another man, by the name of O, from Con-
necticut, came out with a message which he called new light in regard
to the message of the third angel. This intelligent family have, through
this delusion, separated from the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Be-
cause I had borne a decided testimony against this new light, so-called,
in _____, Connecticut, where he lived, he opposed me and my work
and testimonies.
The father of the O children attended the Conference and Ministers’
Bible Institute held in Battle Creek; but he held himself aloof and did
not harmonize with the spirit of the meeting. He left for his home,
and began to leaven the little church in _____. If I had not labored
in that place they might have broken up the whole church with their
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repudiating the truth and position of Seventh-day Adventists, and Mrs.
White in particular.
At this same time, one, Mrs. P, came from Washington, D.C.,
claiming to be wholly sanctified and to have the power of healing.
This spirit led many to become bewildered. The same accusing spirit
was with them—that is, that the church was all wrong and God was
calling out a people who would work miracles. A large class of our
people in Battle Creek were being severed. I was moved upon by the
Spirit of God, in the night season, to write to our people in Battle
Creek.
The Message to the Laodiceans
God is leading out a people. He has a chosen people, a church
on the earth, whom He has made the depositaries of His law. He
has committed to them sacred trust and eternal truth to be given to
the world. He would reprove and correct them. The message to the
Laodiceans is applicable to Seventh-day Adventists who have had
great light and have not walked in the light. It is those who have
made great profession, but have not kept in step with their Leader, that
will be spewed out of His mouth unless they repent. The message to
pronounce the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Babylon, and call the